Xu Yi was even more astonished. "That many?"
Hart gave a wry smile. "Yes, I didn't expect it either. Those guys were practically mad. Plenty of them wanted to strip the equipment right off our backs."
Xu Yi was rather speechless.
This time, when the Xinfei Merchant Guild sent its Guards Corps to the Black Rice Wasteland to clear out the Orc Tribe, they also had the task of testing newly developed military magic machinery.
At first, while the Xinfei Merchant Guild Guard Corps operated alone, nothing much happened. But once they began joint operations with Servini's Private Guard and the guard corps of other merchant guilds, fighting several battles together, countless people were stunned by the formidable fighting strength demonstrated by the Xinfei Merchant Guild Guard Corps. They then took a keen interest in the military magic machinery worn by the corps.
Once the guards corps of those merchant guilds equipped themselves with this military magic machinery and discovered the clear improvement in their fighting strength, the Xinfei Merchant Guild's military magic machinery became even more popular, bringing in a steady stream of orders.
Over the past six months, the Xinfei Merchant Guild's overall profits had suffered considerably because of its relocation out of the Lampari Kingdom. Now, however, thanks to its entry into the military magic machinery market, its combined profits actually exceeded those of the same period last year.
Last month alone, the Xinfei Merchant Guild's total profits had surpassed one million gold coins.
Although profits from household magic machinery had recovered from the preceding period, reaching four hundred thousand gold coins, they were still somewhat lower than during the same period last year.
Meanwhile, the Magic Machine Tool division's total profits had risen thanks to strong sales of Mana Sedans and the newly introduced Large Cargo